No. 1/2006
House of Assembly
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
(a) Statements by Members
(b) Statements by Ministers
(c) Oral Questions
(d) Presenting Reports by Standing and Special Committees
(e) Tabling of Documents
(f) Notices of Motion
(g) Answers to questions for which notice has been given
(h) Petitions
Second Reading Bill
1. -- Second Reading of a Bill -- "An Act To Amend The Hydro Corporation Act". (Bill No. 1)
MOTION
1. -- THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD -- To Move that the House Resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on Supply to Consider Certain Resolutions for the Granting of Interim Supply to Her Majesty. (Bill No. 2)
1. -- MR. WALLY ANDERSEN (Torngat Mountains) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation to lay on the Table of the House the following information:
(a) visitation numbers for each provincial tourist site in the province for the last five years; and(b) other statistics which are available related to tourism in the province.
2. -- MR. PERCY BARRETT (Bellevue) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Environment and Conservation to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) any reports, results of any studies, or any preliminary assessment of the material gathered, related to the possible use of agent orange or its commercial derivatives in this province; and(b) similar information relating to the use of any other dangerous chemicals in the province.
3. -- MR. PERCY BARRETT (Bellevue) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Environment and Conservation to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) a list of identified sites in the province where environmental problems exist, which are primarily the responsibility of the Canadian Federal Government;(b) a list of sites in the province where environmental problems exist, involving foreign governments;
(c) information relating to any assessment which has been completed regarding these environmental problems;(d) information relating to estimates of costs involved in resolving these problems; and
(e) any correspondence relating to these issues.
4. -- MR. ROLAND BUTLER (Port de Grave) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) an assessment of the actual savings which were realized by government by the closure of HRLE offices around the province in 2003.5. -- MR. ROLAND BUTLER (Port de Grave) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) any proposals which the province has made to the Federal Government relating to immigration policy in this province; and(b) any correspondence relating to this matter.
6. -- MR. ROLAND BUTLER (Port de Grave) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) a detailed breakdown of the cost of the immigration policy discussion paper and public consultation process.
7. -- MS. JUDY FOOTE (Grand Bank) - To ask the Honourable the Premier to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) the detailed costs of any and all expenses incurred as a result of renovations completed at the office for the Department of Business; and
(b) a list of tenders submitted in competition for the renovations.
8. -- MS. JUDY FOOTE (Grand Bank) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) a copy or statement of any proposal for an early retirement package for fishery workers made by the Provincial Government to the Federal Government; and
(b) any correspondence relating to such a proposal.9. -- MS. JUDY FOOTE (Grand Bank) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) any study, reports, or assessments which have been done of the Regional Economic Development Boards in this province since 2003.10. -- MR. OLIVER LANGDON (Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune) - To ask the Honourable the Minister of Municipal Affairs to lay upon the Table of the House the following information:
(a) a detailed accounting of how it determined eligibility for various levels of compensation as a result of the flood in Stephenville.